Exhibitions
In Creative Harmony: Three Artistic Partnerships
The inspiring, creative relationships behind three pairs of artists is explored in this three-part exhibition.
A Family Affair: Artistic Dynasties in Europe (Part I, 1500–1700)
Explore works by some of Europe’s most fascinating artistic families, revealing patterns of inspiration, rivalry, and changing fortunes.
Contemporary Project 13: Tavares Strachan
Bahamian-born artist Tavares Strachan presents an immersive installation, a 3,000-page opus, & sculptures in this Contemporary Project show.
Mónica de Miranda: Path to the Stars
Interdisciplinary artist Mónica de Miranda’s Path to the Stars (2022) explores the legacy of anti-colonial resistance in Angola.
Long Live Surrealism!
100 years after Surrealism’s inception, explore its revolutionary contributions to art across mediums, geography, and time.
Native America: In Translation
The Sugar Shack
Visitors to the Blanton can view “The Sugar Shack”, Ernie Barnes’s famous masterpiece featuring dancing figures in a crowded Black music hall in segregated mid-century North Carolina.
Contemporary Project 12: Marie Watt
Seneca artist Marie Watt uses humble materials to explore history, community, and storytelling through the legacies of Indigenous teachings.
Meet Melecio Galván
Despite his tremendous talent, Mexican draftsman Melecio Galván (San Rafael, Mexico, 1945–1982) was little-known during his lifetime. At a comprehensive retrospective of his work at Mexico City’s Palacio de Bellas Artes in 1983, renowned art historian Ida Rodríguez Prampolini asserted: “Galván left us an exceptional body of work which, had he promoted it, would have converted him into the most important draftsman in the country.”
R. Eric McMaster: Compressions
R. Eric McMaster’s work explores the protocols that govern various sports by manipulating, isolating, or restricting the rules and conditions that determine athletes’ movements.
The Floating World
Enjoy more than 130 woodblock prints and painted scrolls from one of history’s most vibrant artistic eras.
Anni Albers: In Thread and On Paper
Groundbreaking work from the most important textile artist of the 20th century.